Metal reel for cables



March 15 1932. D QMBE 1,849,977

METAL REEL FOR CABLES Filed July 22, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 March 15, 1932. ,I5E MBE 1,849,977

METAL REEL FOR CABLES Filed July 22, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Mar. 15, 1932 UNITED STATES GEORGES DEGOMBE, OF LYON, FRANGE METAL REEL non. cABLns Application filed July 22, 1929, Serial No.

This invention relates to improvements in metal reelsfor cables.

In'my prior application Serial No. 55,372 filed September 9, 1925, now Patent No. 1,815,499, I have described a demountable metal reel for cables comprising two steel metal discs held apart by a drum also of sheet metal, the discs being held in position by a single bolt composed of a central tube having a nut at one end and a pin at the other.

The present invention consists in employing the flanges of the reel for supporting the drum, and providing two openings for the passage of the inner end of the cable, one in the central drum having an inclined surface to support the cable without damage and the other in one of the flanges inside the drum, and an arrangement for rapidly applying a corrugated sheet metal cover over the cable held in position by screwed bolts held in recesses.

The invention will be described with reference to-the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation on line 1-1- Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a side view in section on line 2-2 Fig. 1

ig. 3 is a perspective view of the arrangement for disengaging the inner end of the cable to pass through the central drum.

Fig. 4 is a detail view of the holding bolt for the corrugated sheet metal cover. Fig. 5 shows the recesses in the cover. On the discs or flanges b and 9 inside the circularspring 0 the sheet is cut at intervals at a: y m a suitable curve the metal being beaten out from the inner side of the disc and underneath each of these incisions cup-shaped members u form projections on the upper 0 edge a: y upon which the central drum h bears.

An opening 2 is formed in the drum through which the inner end of the cable passes. A jacent to this 0 enin is an inclined surface to 3 which is pro onge to the interior of the 380,102, and in France October-'18, 1928.

reel to extend and support the cable which is thus held at the height of an opening n in one of the discs this opening extending into the interior. of the drum h.

The'surfac'e 3 may be formed directly by a tongue i of suitable shape which serves as a guide for any displacements of the two ends of the drum 7:. (Fig. 3).

The I inner end of the cable thus passes through the two openings 2 and n and is supported into its passage between them b the surface 3 which prevents damage. fter insertion it is cut to the height of the opening 11. hooded and pushed inside the drum h.

, Finally the protecting cover formed of corrugated sheet 4 rests on spring steel bands 12 placed around the periphery on flanges 0 formed on the discs I) and g. 9

The methodof atfixing the twov ends ofthe porrugated sheet will he described as folows.:

Referring to Fig. 4, bolts 5 and nuts 6 each formed with a circular shoulder 7 having a diameter corresponding to that of the hole- 8 formed in an angle iron 9 aflixed to the ends 7 of corrugated sheet. Each of .these holes is formedWith a slot 10 (straight, inclined or curved'being shown straight in Fig. 5) the size of which corresponds to the diameter of the stem 11 of the bolt 5.

Thus the distance n separating the bolt and nut having been suitably adjusted the ends are brought together by pliers or a suitable lever having twoarms until the bolt can be dropped into the hole 8 through the slot 10. so

The ends of the corrugated sheet are then released and tend to separate bringing the shoulders 7 into the hole 8.

It is therefore impossible to remove the cover without bringing the ends together by so use of the aforementioned lever.

It is also impossible to unscrew the nuts 6 owing to the fact that they are smooth and round as is the head 5 and do not offer any engagement fora tool and also due to the ends of the drum and hold the-same, one of the discs also having an opening and the drum also having an opening for thepassage centers of the discs and detachabiy connects pressure exerted upon them by the corrugated sheet.

As goes without saying and from What has been described the invention is not limited to this method of operation but includes variations'for instance, the shoulders 7 may be polygonal or formed with a conical surface to enter the hole 8.

What ll claim as my invention and desire to protect by Letters Patent is 1. A metallic reel for cables, comprising a pair of discs and a cylindrical drum connectlng the discs, each disc being provided on its 1 inner side withinwardly extending concave bosses the outer ends of Which engage in the of one end of a cable, the drum being further provided on its inner side with a member presenting an inclined surface to maintain the free end ofthe cable and also With a stop tongue.

2. A demountable reel for cables, comprising a pair of discs, means-arranged a thereto at their centers, and a cylindrical drum also connecting the discs at its ends in circular coaxial grooves with Whicht'he discs are provided, each disc being further provided on'its inner side with in- ,Wardly extending concave bosses struck up from thedisc and at their'onter ends bearing against the inner side of the Wall or" said drum a'ndar'rangedin the ends thereof. f In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my GEORGES DECOMBE.

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